Rack-holder.



s. VOLZ.

RACK HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, 1910.

Patented Jan. 16,1912.

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BACK-HOLDER.

Spedificationfiof Letters Patent.

Application filed November 1e;-1910. Serial No. 592,675.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, SIMON VOIiZ, a citizen of'the United States; resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have/invented new and useful Improvements in RaclcI-Ioldersiot which the followingis a descriptiomreference being had to the accompanying draw-' ings, which are apartof this specification;

This invention relates to improvements in:

rack holders and more particularly .to rack holders adapted to housed in fasteninglongitudinal and transverse strips within a box which serve as partitions to separate articles placed within .thebox.

It is thevusual custom inshipping. bottled goods in boxes to separate the bottles from contact with each other by means of aplug rality of partition strips. positioned to formgpockets into which the bottles are placed;-

These partition stripsiusually extend from side to side and end-toend of "the box, and

the endwise strips whichv extend over the sidewise strips are held in place by means] of small blocks of wood nailed to the end pieces of the box and extending over the upper edges of the 'endwise strips. As these blocks extendinto "the pockets of the.

box comparatively a considerable distance they soon become knocked off -and permit the partition strips tobe removed fromthe box and lost.

In boxes which are used over and over again, thls loss entalls 1n the aggregate a considerable expense to users ofa large number of the boxes. I It is one of the objects of this invention to provide a rack holder-which is adapted to securely fasten the partition strips or racks in the box and" which is approximately flush with the portions of the box andlrack engaged thereby. d

A further object of the invention 1s to provide a rack holder formed of an integral plece of metal shaped to be easily driven;

into the box and to securely fasten the par-. tition strips to the box and also against lateral displacement.

With the above, and other objects in view,

jstrips.

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with partition racks and with the improved rack'h olders; Fig. '2 isia vertical sectional view thereof; Fig. '3'is a detail view" of-a portion of the box and a transverse'sectional view ofone' ofthe partition racks connected thereto by one of. the holders; Fig; 4 isa perspective view of .the improved rack holder; and- Fig. 5 is a" perspective view of a modified form' of rack holder. 7

Referring tov the drawing the numeral ,8 indicates box of ordinary construction which is provided with. longitudinal and,

transversely positioned partitionslatsjori 1 The. 'pockets'are. adapted to accommo date bottles or.v other. fragile receptacles and the racks to space the bottles or receptacles racks 9-.and 10 respectively to form pfocke ts d from. each other to prevent -brealgage. The I longitudinaland transverse partition rack,

stripsare held in spaced relation with each other and connected. together by halving joints with the longitudinal rack strips extendingon top of the transverse rack strips so that it is only necessary to fiasten. the longitudinal rack strips in order to hold the complete rack in positionwithin the box.

" The raok holder consists of approximately a V-shaped piece of sheet metal "12 with the pointed end portion. 13 bent upare bent downwardly at right angles to form I partition strip engaging wings l6lwhich are adapted toextend on each side of the upper vedges of thelong'itudi'nal partition strips 9.

The wings are spaced a sufficient distance apart to closely engage the side faces of the l The pointed end of the holder is preferablyformed flat in order to be easily driven into the box ends which are usually formed with the grain of. the wood extend ing'fro n side to side.

In the modified form of holder shown in i i i Fig; ,5 the 'side edges 17 of the pointed por- .tion 18 are hentupwardly at right angles to the pointed portion to form shoulders19 wardly and forwardly with a double bend V to form a shoulder portion 14 extending .at a 3 right angles with relation to thebody por- 4, 'tion 15 and the pointed end portion 13. The side portions of the body of the rack holder loo a and wings 20 are bent downwardly from the a ,bo'dy portion 21 in the same manner as in the principal form of holder. In use the holders are placed on top of the longitudinal strips, l

with they "depending wings engaging the sides of the strips and the pointed end of each holder is then driven into the end of the box up to the shoulder of the holder. The shoulder forms a convenient place for striking with a hammer in driving and when in final position the shouldered portion, the body portion and the depending parts are approximately flush with the parts they respectively engage. In driving the holder to its final position the body portion and the depending Wings will slide along the upper edge and sides of the rack strip. As the longitudinal strips extend on top of the transverse strips, it is only necessary to fasten the ends of the longitudinal strips to securely hold the whole rack in the box. The modified form of holders are used in the same manner as the principal form with the exception that the edges of the upstanding wings serve as the shoulders and the pointed end is driven partly at right angles with relation to the grain of the wood.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the holder is very simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture and is easily connected to boxes.

What I claim as my invention is:

In combination with a box provided with rack strips positioned to form pockets, of a rack holder comprising approximately a V-shaped piece of sheet metal with the pointed end portion thereof bent upwardly and forwardly with a double bend to form a shoulder extending at right angles with relation to the body portion and a pointed end portion extending forwardly from the upper edge of the shoulder and with the side edges of the body portion bent downwardly atright angles to the body portion to form rack strip engaging wings, said body portion adapted to be placed on top of the upper edge of one of the rack strips with the wings engaging and extending on each side thereof and with the pointed end portion driven into one of the walls of said box to hold said rack strip within the box.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

SIMON VOLZ.

Witnesses:

C. H. KEENEY, LAURA A. KELLEY.

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